We often have patients that suffer from Rheumatoid Arthritis so I wanted to share it with our readers. Author: Goldenberg D. Pract Pain Manag. 2023 January/February;23(1). The most common extra-articular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis involve the lungs and the heart. This article discusses the most important pulmonary and cardiac complications in individuals diagnosed with rheumatoid […]
Read MoreAuthor: Patsy Newitt Becker’s ASC Review Hospitals and health systems faced formidable margin declines in 2022 amid labor shortages, skyrocketing operating costs and declining inpatient volumes. Many hospitals are looking to ASCs and outpatient surgery to offset these losses and boost revenue, particularly as surgery is increasingly migrating to the ASC setting. Mike Slubowski, president […]
Read MoreAuthor: Avery Hurt Practical Pain Management Jan 23 The World Health Organization describes stigma as “a mark of shame, disgrace, or disapproval that results in an individual being rejected, discriminated against, and excluded from participating in a number of different areas of society.”¹ Stigma can have very specific and detrimental effects when it is related […]
Read MoreAuthor: Clarisaa Brincat MedicalNewsToday Researchers assessed the causal relationship between different sleep disturbances — insomnia, short sleep duration, long sleep duration, and daytime sleepiness — and lower back pain. The findings suggest that insomnia could cause lower back pain and vice versa. This hypothesis needs to be supported by more studies with larger samples. Lower back […]
Read MoreNEJM Journal Watch David J. Amrol, MD New studies show that inhaled steroids plus albuterol can be used as a rescue therapy for patients with moderate-to-severe asthma. Use of intermittent inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) for asthma now is recommended widely, but its uptake in the U.S. has been slow. According to both international and U.S. guidelines, […]
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